Linking nutrient inputs, phytoplankton composition, zooplankton dynamics and the recruitment of pink snapper, Chrysophrys auratus, in a temperate bay

Kerry P Black; Andrew R Longmore; Paul A Hamer; Randall Lee; Stephen E Swearer; Gregory P Jenkins

Journal article

Linking nutrient inputs, phytoplankton composition, zooplankton dynamics and the recruitment of pink snapper, Chrysophrys auratus, in a temperate bay

Kerry P Black, Andrew R Longmore, Paul A Hamer, Randall Lee, Stephen E Swearer, Gregory P Jenkins

Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.10.032

University of Melbourne Researchers

Gregory Jenkins Author Biosciences

Stephen Swearer Author Biosciences

Paul Hamer Author Biosciences

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Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

We thank Hannah Murphy for use of her zooplankton field data in this study. We would also like to thank Camille White for assistance with review of empirical relationships and coefficients used in the model. David Hatton provided assistance with the collation of boundary data files for the modelling. The phytoplankton community composition data was provided by the Environment Protection Authority of Victoria. We gratefully acknowledge funding support for this research from the Australian Research Council (LP0989432), Fisheries Victoria and Melbourne Water.